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Recently I've seen a few campaigns against bullying. They involve talking to the bullies and telling them how bullying hurts your feelings. I don't recall that ever working for anyone. Suspending bullies sometimes work, but often times don't. But I like unconventional approaches so here's my unconventional approach to anti-bullying. Instead of punishing them, we reward them. Every time a bully picks on someone, his mom should come in to his gym class and bring him a packed sandwich and apple sauce. Then she should kiss him goodbye and say ''I love you sweetie. '' then warn the other boys not to hurt her precious. A bully no matter how tough will not be able to remain a bully after seeing such loving gesture from his mother. What do you think?

Genius, except for the fact that kids who bully other kids are suffering from low self esteem, which is a direct result of bad parenting, either neglect or violence or both, which they are transferring to the schoolyard ... so you don't have a parent who comprehends the value of whatever it is you are proposing in the first place.

the fact that we are criminalizing bullying makes me want to bully someone.

No FB = no FB bullying.

Problem solved.